By: Rafael Carnovale
rom the GIT Music Center here is Scott Allen. He
was born in Sacramento (USA), this good guitar
player started his musical activities in the 70's.
But the 80's reserved for him a good moment in his
life, when he joined metal band "7 Years". The band
finished activities int the 90's, so he decided to
form his own band, called Scott Allen Project. Doing
good gigs as opening act from "Eric Martin" (former
"Mr Big" singer) and "Planet X" (band from "Derek
Sherinian"), he started recording his first CD with
Tom Frost in the drums, Brian Kinney in the Bass and
Marty Cresci in the second guitar. What do we have
here? Another "Steve/Satriani" clone? Not... Scott
Allen is more into hard rock and "Eddie Van Halen",
as we see in "U Want Some Of This (Bring It
On)", and "The Grind". "A Girl I Once
Knew" is an excelent hard-AOR moment, with a good
vibration (it's difficult to me to sing a solo, but
in this track it happened), and "Mr Bad Mojo"
has some pieces of Satriani (okay, he's one of the
biggest influences of all guitar players). Tracks
like "Eternal Optmist", the slow and sweet
"Under The Mexican Moon" and the good "The
Clock Is Ticking" shows that he has done a great
work. I can say that I'm waiting a lot for his next
record, promised to be released in the end of 2007.
He ROCKS!
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